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Event: Stargazing Nights - CLOSED

Event: Stargazing Nights - CLOSED

Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events

When: Fri, Apr 18, 2025 - CLOSED

Welcome to the Frosty Drew Observatory Stargazing Nights! Tonight's forecast for overcast conditions with a chance of rain will keep the Observatory, Science Center and Sky Theatre closed. Read about it....
  • By: Frosty Drew Observatory and Science Center Events
  • On: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 09:14:06 EDT

Hubble Spies Cosmic Pillar in Eagle Nebula

Reported by NASA

This newly reprocessed image released on April 18, 2025, provides a new view of an enormous, 9.5-light-year-tall pillar of cold gas and dust. Despite its size, it’s just one small piece of the greater Eagle Nebula, also called Messier 16. The Eagle Nebul...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 19:31 +0000

NASA to Cover US Spacewalk 93, Hold Preview News Conference

Reported by NASA

Two NASA astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station, conducting U.S. spacewalk 93 on Thursday, May 1, to complete station upgrades. NASA will preview the upcoming spacewalk during a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, April 24, ...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 17:42 +0000

Early Career Faculty 2024

Reported by NASA

Back to ECF Home Transformational Advanced Energetic Propulsion Power Systems to Enable Small System Operations in Permanently Shadowed Lunar Regions...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:54 +0000

Developing Oxychalcogenide Membranes for Superconducting Power Transmission

Reported by NASA

ECF 2024 Quadchart Yang.pdf Shuolong Yang University of Chicago This effort will leverage the latest developments in superconductors to build a power transmission cable that can operate in the extreme cold temperatures found on the Moon with very low elect...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:54 +0000

Power on the Dark Side: Stimulus-Responsive Adsorbents for Low-Energy Controlled Storage and Delivery of Low Boiling Fuels to Mobile Assets in Permanently Shaded Regions

Reported by NASA

ECF 2024 Quadchart McGuirk.pdf Christopher McGuirk Colorado School of Mines This project will investigate and develop improved storage methods for the fuels needed to generate electrical power in places where sunlight is not available. The effort will focu...
  • By: NASA
  • On: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 16:53 +0000